The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-29
GENERAL NEWS.

Governor Gordon Of Georgia is very sick.
The Acting Postmaster General has ap-
pointed Henry III. Holt postmaster at Lyme
Centre, N. III.
The Nicaragua Congress has ratified the
Menocal contract for canal Surveys are
being made for railway between San Juan
del Sur and San Jeorge.
Near Boonyille, Indiana. six boys while
roaming in the woods ate wild parSnipS.
Three of them died within an hour and one
Is not expected to recover.
Samuel U. Heiland, ex-treasurer of Carroll
county. Indiana, was arrested for embeZzle-
ment Wednesday. Holland was elected
treasurer in 1884. When he vacated the
office discrepancy was discovered Of S14,-
600.
Three children were burned to death in a
farm house near White Wright, Texas,
Wednesday. Their mother locked them up
in the house to make call and in her alb
sence the house was burned down.
Hon. Ira Davenport. Republican candidate
for Governor of New York at the last cleo
tion, was married Wednesday 10 Miss Kath-
crime Sharp Of Kingston. N. Z. After a
tour abroad he will reside in Washington.
Advices from st. Petersburg say that revo-
lutionary proclamations were secretly pla-
carded throughout the city on Sunday
threatening with death royalties, judges and
officials If the pl0tters against the Gar were
condemned to death.
Wednesday night John Rowland, prom
inent mining man of Butte, Montana, while
intoxicated. shot Peter Martin, a saloon
keeper, through the arm. joseph Bussleres,
standing behind Martin, received the same
bullet in the abdomen and died. Lynching
is threatened.
A vault and safe in the ship chandlery
house of G. b. Carpenter 4 Co. on South
Water street.. Chicago, were drilled open
early Wednesday morning, and jewelry ag-
gregating SLIGO was stolen Seven thou
negotiable paper. No clue to the robbers
has yet been obtained.
The CASTOR school house at South Boston
was burned early yesterday morning. Three
alarms were rung. The roof, cupola and
upper story were gutted and the lower floors
were damaged by fire, smoke and water
The loss is estimated at $4,000 The origin
of the fire is unknown. Several firemen were
injured by the falling of the roof.
The Canadian government is considering
the advisability Of prohibiting the importa-
ton of cattle into Canada from the United
Kingdom for at least one year. This step,
which will likely be adopted, seems to be
pleuro-pneumonia in the mother country.
The @smbers Of the illinois Live Stock
monia question. 1t is thought that it will be
Cook county before pleuro-pneumonia can
be thoroughly eradicated.
Among the passengers on the steamer San
Pablo, which sailed from San Francisco on
Tuesday for Hong Kong, were Count Eu-
gene Stanehlaw Mitkilaiz, an electrician of
Washington; S. A. Hern, a capitalist. of
Philadelphia, and e. L. Barberie of New
York. They represent the syndicate to
which the Chinese government has granted
the exclusive privilege of using the telephone
in China for 80 years.
The directors of the Old Colony Steam
boat Company have decided to add another
large steamer to their fleet. She is to be
named the Puritan. This will be a CON-
panion boat to the Pilgrim, and will be built
on the same general principles, with double
hull of iron, although larger and with more
recent improvements.
DR.. Thomas Northrop, of Haverhill, Ohio
was killed Wednesday by ALT and James III
Mccoy, brothers, and Pearson and Thomas
Mccoy, Alf's sons. Northrop was respect
able citizen. The McCoys have bad repu.
tation. Alf keeps low whiskey dive and
James is postmaster of Hayerhill. The Me
Coys were arrested.